Lalevic, Darco
Thu, 28 Jan 2010 07:12:52 -0800
Glenn, ISC (Information Systems and Computing) is Penn's central computing services group. I'm intrigued by the "Glenn's whores" series. Time to hit the archives! Darco -----Original Message----- From: owner-univc...@list.purple.com [mailto:owner-univc...@list.purple.com] On Behalf Of glenn Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2010 11:08 AM To: univcity@list.purple.com Subject: [UC] Poison for public forums and the rise of censorship Neighbors, Since the beginning of the censored listserv, UC Neighbors, sponsored by the University of Pennsylvania and known to Penn President Amy Gutmann; Tony West has continuously advocated for censorship (list “moderation”) over neighborhood discussion forums. Mr. West's “Glenn’s Whores” series is a powerful example of the unfolding and long term process of censorship. To make censorship and total domination complete, open communication must be destroyed, controlled, poisoned, etc. Was Mr. West’s whore series an example of the “civil discussion” which has been used to justify censorship over our community? While unable to refute the serious long term problems with FOCP, which I was systematically reporting to the community via this public forum; Mr. West used a bombardment of poisonous personal attacks and outright lies to shut down the reports to the neighborhood through intimidation of me while poisoning the forum. Meanwhile, the censored forum for Mr. West et al, promoted as a place for civil discussions, can’t be monitored for dishonest propaganda. No one knows who is on the censored forum, no one knows how many people are pre-banned, and no one knows when dissent to propaganda would be pre-emptively blocked from subscribers on a case by case basis. The archives are closed. Once again, civility was clearly never the issue, as Mr. West conclusively demonstrated. The Penn marketing machine, which uses organizations like FOCP/SHCA for the purpose of astroturfing, is massive! Our community listserv and local newspapers are among the few mediums for open public discourse, necessary to maintain a free society and empower communities. (Without the censorship promoters, like Mr. West and cyber bullies called the barking cheese gang; it has also been a quite civil forum compared to a few years ago.) Destroying and poisoning the public channels for neighborhood communication must not be separated from the goals of censorship and complete domination of information. Please consider the “Glenn’s whores” series in the context of the long term push for censorship. Please study the history of control of propaganda and discourse during the rise of fascism, and transformation of civil society into totalitarian systems! What is "isc" at Penn? Sincerely, Glenn Moyer ---- You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the list named "UnivCity." To unsubscribe or for archive information, see <http://www.purple.com/list.html>.